Kollywood bars actress Nayantara

Agencies

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Producers' Council and Nadigar Sangam have barred actress Nayantara from acting in Tamil films.

The decision comes in the wake of producer Subash Chandra Bose's complaint that Nayantara refused to return the signing amount for Paiya, from which she backed off.

Nayantara's contention is that she let go several film offers jeopardizing her position in Kollywood during the unusually long wait for Lingusamy's directorial venture Paiya, starring Karthi, to take off.

Paiya was delayed due to the unending schedule of Karthi's film Aayirathil Oruvan, directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Reema Sen and Andrea.
Though Nayantara has not confirmed the news of the ban, it is heard that the council has also asked the Malayalam and Telugu film industries to blacklist the actress.

Nayantara is now doing Bodyguard in Malayalam opposite Dileep and a Telugu film with Junior NTR. She is also rumoured to have been considered for K S Ravikumar's next project opposite Suriya. In the past, several actors refused to return the signing amounts after they backed off some had justifiable reasons, while others did not.

The latest on the story is that Subash and Linguswamy are ready to reduce the amount they are demanding from Nayan.